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Vocational training: Two-day Huner Mela begins
LAHORE: A two-day Hunar Mela, organised by the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority, opened on Friday. The event is supported by the Technical and Vocational Education and Training...
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Bar on construction: LDA asked to resolve Jati Umra ban in 30 days
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday disposed of four identical petitions against a city district government notification that had banned construction in the area surrounding Jati Umra, where...
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Powerful stories of Pak-US women screened
LAHORE: The documentary – The Pakistan Four – narrating the account of four Pakistani-American women who had embarked on a journey in pursuit of professional and personal goals was screened on...
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Procedural matters: LHC declines to stay Maryam Nawaz’s appointment as loan...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday declined to issue a stay order to stop Maryam Nawaz Sharif from working as the chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Programme. The court was hearing...
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No take-off: FIA arrests 18 over forged travel documents
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 10 people for trying to fly to Libya on forged documents. They have been identified as Muhammad Ashraf, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Nasim,...
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Solar power project: ‘PML-N will steer the country out of the dark’
BAHAWALPUR: Through the inauguration of South Asia’s largest solar park project on Friday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proved that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will steer the country out of...
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Money parked abroad: LHC issues notices to 64 politicians
LAHORE: Hearing a petition seeking court’s directive for politicians to bring their foreign assets back to Pakistan, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notices to federal government and at...
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Bar-bench relations: LBA official, judge get into a spat
LAHORE: A judge and a Lahore Bar Association (LBA) office-bearer had an argument on Saturday when the former turned down a request to put off a hearing, The Express Tribune has learnt. A witness said...
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Epidemic control: Preventive measures ordered against coronavirus
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khwaja Salman Rafique directed the Health Department on Saturday to adopt preventive measures against coronavirus, reported in the Middle East. Presiding...
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Gender change: Boy undergoes surgery, becomes a girl
FAISALABAD: A teenage boy had a surgery at a private hospital in Faisalabad on Saturday that changed his gender from male to female. A resident of Kamoke, 16-year-old Farhan* was admitted to the...
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Awami Tehrik: The people’s caravan cannot be stopped, Elahi says
LAHORE: Former deputy prime minister Chaudhary Parvez Elahi said that on Saturday now that people were on the streets, the peoples’ caravan could not be stopped. He was speaking after meeting with a...
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Revisiting the elections: Only 15 PTI candidates alleged rigging, says Sana
LAHORE: Of the 424 National and Provincial Assembly seats from the Punjab that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf fielded candidates for, only 15 candidates filed petitions with election tribunals alleging...
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Law and order: ‘Robber’ killed in shootout
FAISALABAD: A robber was killed in a shootout with the police on Saturday. A Ghulam Muhammadabad police spokesman said two accomplices of the man managed to escape. He said police had received a...
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International linkages: Tayyip Erdogan Hospital to open on June 21
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday that friendly relations between Pakistan and Turkey were quickly transforming into trade and economic ties. He said a number of Turkish...
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Fear and loathing: People seen defending blasphemy accused, condemning...
MULTAN: A campaign vilifying slain human rights activist Rashid Rehman has been launched in the city. For three days, several people have been distributing pamphlets in front of lawyers’ chambers and...
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Rejoinder: Govt not pressuring transporters
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday rejected allegations that the government has stopped transporters from ferrying PTI supporters to the venue of the May 11 rally. “The...
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Special operation: Attack on blasphemy accused foiled
MULTAN: In a special operation, the Multan police, with the help of intelligence agencies, arrested five alleged terrorists who had planned on attacking those accused of blasphemy in central prison....
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Unfinished business: Mayo’s Surgical Tower fails to meet deadline again
LAHORE: The Surgical Tower at Mayo Hospital has, once again, failed to meet a completion deadline. Former Mayo Hospital medical superintendent Dr Zahid Pervaiz had told The Express Tribune that the...
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Unhappy family: Woman poisons children
FAISALABAD: Two girls died and their brother was unconscious on Saturday after their mother poisoned them, police said. They said they had arrested 27-year-old Samina* who took some of the poisoned...
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New initiative: Move afoot to set up building control authority
LAHORE: The Local Government Department is expected to request the chief minister this month to approve a summary paving the way for legislation to establish a building control authority in Punjab,...
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